Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Xuanye Yue

Publications

• Case Report
  Reversible Changes of Posterior Cerebral Artery after Angioplasty for Moyamoya Disease: Report of a Case
  Author(s): Xuanye YueXuanye Yue
  
  Background: The changes of posterior cerebral arteries (PCAs) in Moyamoya disease (MMD) are often involved in the clinical setting. However, the changes of PCAs after recovering the hemodynamics of anterior circulation in MMD are not reported. Case Description: A 14-year-old patient was diagnosed as MMD with symptomatic stenosis in the right middle cerebral artery (MCA), asymptomatic stenosis in the left terminal internal carotid artery, and moyamoya-like vessels, stenotic lesion and an aneurysm were found in the right PCA, who was treated with balloon angioplasty in the right MCA. One month later, the patient suffered from transient ischemic attack in the right. DSA showed deteriorated severe stenosis in the left terminal portion of ICA and the proximal segment of MCA. The patient was performed angioplasty in the left ICA and MCA again. The follow-up angiography did not show any evid.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000822

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